The Slovak National Bibliography consists of two separate bibliographies: (1) the contemporary national bibliography and (2) the retrospective national bibliography. The contemporary bibliography fulfills the following needs: (1) Provides registration and elaboration of Slovak books published on Slovak territory and books in Slovak published on the whole territory of Czechoslovakia. (2) Publishes the annual bibliography of Slovakian periodicals from 1966. (3) Publishes the bibliography of the most prominent articles from Slovak newspapers, magazines and books of the year. (4) Publishes Slovak musical materials and gramophone records. (5) Has begun to publish the "minute press". The retrospective bibliography has produced a collection of basic, reliable, and accurate information about the entire Slovakia cultural past, the economy, idealistic currents, the positive and negative features of the social development in Slovakia, the contribution of world literature to Slovak literature and the contribution of Slovak literature to world literature. (NH)